"square up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: squares up [present, singular, third-person], squaring up [participle, present], squared up [participle, past], squared up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} square up (third-person singular simple present squares up, present participle squaring up, simple past and past participle squared up)
  1. to get ready for a fight Synonyms: square off
    Sense id: en-square_up-en-verb-FBzd-7A6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 12 9 5 41 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 28 25 10 7 30
  2. to adopt a fighting stance Synonyms: square off
    Sense id: en-square_up-en-verb-g2oPOBue Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 12 9 5 41 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 28 25 10 7 30
  3. to face (someone) in a contest Synonyms: square off
    Sense id: en-square_up-en-verb-lIjVBwm6 Categories (other): English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 28 25 10 7 30
  4. to pay back money that is owed
    Sense id: en-square_up-en-verb-D2~3P3b8
  5. (transitive, machining, die making) To mill (blocks, inserts, etc) into precisely square condition. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Machining
    Sense id: en-square_up-en-verb-E6th9Qe6 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 12 9 5 41 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 28 25 10 7 30 Topics: engineering, machining, mechanical-engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

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